Bachelor of Science in Professional and Technical Communication

The Bachelor of Science in Professional and Technical Communication is a multidisciplinary major, combining courses in rhetoric, writing, communication, and digital arts and design. The program provides graduates with the skills necessary to prepare and disseminate professional, scientific, and technical information to a variety of audiences in a variety of workplace settings and in a variety of media.

Graduates with this degree can enter the job market as writers for software companies or publication departments in local, regional, and national companies.

This program uses a case-based approach in which students apply a problem solving approach to create documents that meet the needs of clients and specific work-place purposes and audiences. Students also receive extensive practice working with actual clients and readers, and in testing documents in a new Usability Testing Lab.

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 Semester (16cr) Semesters Per Degree 8 (120cr)*
Bachelor of Science in Professional and Technical Communication
Degree Requirements	120 cr
	Credits
Major Core	61
ARTD 282 2-D Design I	3
CSC 207 Advanced Applications: Spreadsheet	1
ENGL 208 Documentation and Presentation	3
ENGL 305 Professional, Technical, and Grant Writing	3
ENGL 309 Computer Supported Collaborative Writing	3
ENGL 310 Applied Grammar	3
ENGL 379 Technical Communication	3
ENGL 457 Visual Rhetoric	3
ENGL 466 Text Markup and Processing	3
ENGL 480 Contemporary Rhetoric	3
ENGL 494 Internship	1
ENGL 498 Undergraduate Research/Scholarship	3
MCOM 161 Fundamentals of Desktop Publishing	3
MCOM 318 Intercultural Communication	3
MCOM 351 Web Publishing I	3
MCOM 358 Principles of Usability Testing	3
MCOM 360 Technical Publishing	3
MCOM 368 Editing for Structured Environments	3
MCOM 389 Portfolio and Professional Development	2
SPCM 410 Organizational Communication	3
Choose six credits from the following:	6
ARTD 336 Digital Photography I	3
ARTD 436 Digital Photography II	3
DAD 215 Team Building/Creative Problem Solving	3
DAD 330 Digital Storytelling	3
DAD 375 Storyboarding	3
DAD 430 Digital Video Production	3
ENGL 333 Period Study OR ENGL 343 Selected Authors OR ENGL 363 Literary Genres	3
ENGL 408 Advanced Computer Documentation	3
ENGL 467 English Informatics	3
MCOM 348 Writing for Networked Environments	3
MCOM 352 Web Publishing II	3
MCOM 353 Web-based Interactivity	3
SPCM 215 Public Speaking	3
SPCM 225 Symbolic and Strategic Communications	3
Electives	18
System-wide General Education Requirements*	30
Institutional Graduation Requirements**	11
Majors must take ART 121, ENGL 210, SOC 285, and SPCM 101 as part of the System-wide General Education Requirements. *Majors must take CIS 130 as part of the Institutional Graduation Requirements.
* The serving size is based on a four year degree plan, so your course load may vary depending on your specific educational goals. The values here are current as of the 2011-12 DSU course catalog.